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Grant administrators from five countries complete training at Vanderbilt

November 14, 2022

Holly Cassell, Ann Green, UEM-Vanderbilt Academic Partnership for Enhancements in Research-APER, Bringing Research to Impact for Development, Global Engagement, and Utilization - BRIDGE-U, The Partnership for Research in Emerging Viral Infections-Sierra Leone-PREVSL, Vanderbilt-Nigeria Research Administration and Management Training Program V-RAMP

2022 VIRDE Scholars Complete Training at Vanderbilt

November 7, 2022

The Vanderbilt Institute for Research Development and Ethics (VIRDE) welcomed eleven medical and public health professionals from Argentina, Brazil, Haiti, Nigeria, Tanzania, and Zambia to Vanderbilt for a one-month training course in October 2022. The course covers grant writing and research ethics and is facilitated by the Vanderbilt Institute for Global Health (VIGH).

Vanderbilt Institute for Research Development and Ethics (VIRDE), Holly Cassell, Ann Green

Finding the true burden of RSV and influenza among the youngest children in Sierra Leone

April 21, 2022

https://www.fic.nih.gov/News/GlobalHealthMatters/march-april-2022/Pages/robert-samuels-kenema-government-hospital-sierra-leone.aspx

The Partnership for Research in Emerging Viral Infections-Sierra Leone-PREVSL, Troy Moon, Ann Green, Infectious Disease , Sierra Leone

Capacity Building Activities and New Curriculum Strengthen Medical Education in Liberia

January 31, 2022

https://news.vumc.org/2022/02/24/capacity-building-activities-and-new-curriculum-strengthen-medical-education-in-liberia/

After decades of civil unrest and the Ebola epidemic, Liberia's fragile health system is being strengthened through U.S.-Liberia partnerships focused on medical education and capacity building at the country's only medical school, A.M. Dogliotti (AMD) School of Medicine in the College of Health Sciences at the University of Liberia (ULCHS).

Marie Martin, Troy Moon, Ann Green, Applying Research for a Healthy Liberia - AR4HL, Liberia , Capacity Building, Medical Education

VIGH to partner with Yale University and University of Liberia on New Research and Teaching Center in Liberia

July 22, 2021

The Vanderbilt Institute of Global Health (VIGH) will join Yale University and the University of Liberia College of Health Sciences (ULCHS) to establish a public-private-academic hub for research utilization in the Liberian health sector and an academic network to strengthen Liberia’s education and health sectors as part of a five-year, $15 million federal project announced this week.

Applying Research for a Healthy Liberia - AR4HL, Bringing Research to Impact for Development, Global Engagement, and Utilization - BRIDGE-U, Marie Martin, Ann Green, Troy Moon, Raphael Abayateye, Liberia, University of Liberia College of Health Sciences, Research Capacity Building

VIGH awarded $3 million for building research capacity in Nigeria and Mozambique

June 11, 2020

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https://news.vumc.org/2020/06/09/vigh-awarded-3-million-for-building-research-capacity-in-nigeria-and-mozambique/

Vanderbilt Institute for Global Health (VIGH) has received a new research training grant and a renewal for an existing training program from the Fogarty International Center (FIC) of the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to build HIV-focused research capacity with key partners in Nigeria and Mozambique. One of the $1.5 million grants will establish The Vanderbilt-Nigeria Building Research Capacity in HIV/Non-communicable Diseases (V-BRCH) Program to build capacity of Nigerian investigators to successfully initiate and implement high-quality clinical trials in HIV-associated non-communicable diseases.

Muktar Aliyu, William Wester, Troy Moon, Research Capacity Building, Nigeria, Mozambique, HIV/AIDS, Non-Communicable Diseases (NCDs), Ann Green